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Ensley Park

Ensley Park from directly overhead

Ensley Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Brady Hills stands 313 m to the east-northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Minnie Farmer Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Village of Howard City
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.39511, -85.46329

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Minnie Farmer Park: 0.2 mi
  • Herbert J. Peck Park: 0.5 mi
  • Artman Park: 2.1 mi
  • Burley Park: 2.3 mi
  • Little Whitefish Lake Public Access: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Fish Head: 17.1 mi
  • Celebration: 20.0 mi
  • Bulldog: 20.0 mi
  • Victory Bell: 20.0 mi
  • Muse: 20.2 mi
Museums: 12
  • Cedar Springs Museum & Historical Society: 13.0 mi
  • Newaygo County Museum and Heritage Center: 16.9 mi
  • Little River School House: 17.2 mi
  • Flat River Historical Museum: 18.0 mi
  • Fighting Falcon Military Museum: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Caboose Museum Exhibit: 19.9 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 20.5 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 20.8 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 20.8 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 20.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Newaygo Prarie Sanctuary: 13.5 mi
  • Howard Christensen Nature Center: 14.7 mi
  • Brower Lake Nature Preserve: 18.6 mi
  • Santer Nature Preserve: 19.8 mi
  • Clay Cliffs Nature Area: 21.1 mi
Peaks: 5
Historic sites: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Morley Rest Area 533: 4.6 mi
  • Big Rapids Rest Area 534: 17.8 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Clay Cliff: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ensley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brady HillsENE 76°313 m6.5 mi
Cheney HillsS 191°291 m10.3 mi
Maple HillSSW 203°273 m2.1 mi
Bettes Tower HillSW 220°260 m21.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:54
June solstice06:0220:4321:27
September equinox07:3019:0319:41
December solstice08:1216:2317:09

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222434465767706961503827
Precip in2.21.92.43.94.13.63.13.53.03.53.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville 2 NNE, 17 mi away.

  • box elder3 obs
  • common soapwort3 obs
  • great mullein3 obs
  • American Nursery Web Spider3 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail2 obs
  • Spongy Moth2 obs
  • American pokeweed2 obs
  • lesser periwinkle2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/770859129

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